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Watercolours painted by Prince Charles on display in London gallery

A collection of 79 watercolours painted by none other than the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, are on display at the Garrison Chapel in London

Art

'I paint hope': Young Syrian painter dreams of a European escape

16-year-old Roaa Tanari has spent most of her life living among the ruins of Syria's war.

Art

Priceless Rembrandt painting to be stretched to reverse deformations

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has announced plans to re-stretch Rembrandt van Rijn's iconic painting 'The Night Watch', reverse deformations found in its top-left corner.

Art

Meet the artist fixing potholes with ceramics to urge street repairs

Ivan Kravchenko, a 26-year old ceramics artist, is plugging Russia's notoriously potholed roads with beautiful painted patches.

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Serbia

Serbia: Clashes over mural of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic

Several NGOs said they would gather to remove the mural on the International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism, but Serbia's police banned the rally.

Art

'Portrait of a Lady': After years of 'hiding', Klimt work now on show

Mystery swirls around 'Portrait of a Lady', a Gustav Klimt painting believed to have been stolen - and later found not hanging on a wall, but stashed inside one.

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Lyon exhibits the art of a Spanish exile turned painter

Displayed on the walls of the Fort de Vaise at the Renaud Foundation, the exhibition has been sponsored by the Consulate of Spain in Lyon.

Spain

Pablo Picasso artworks sell for a combined $109 million in Las Vegas

The nine paintings and two ceramic pieces had been displayed inside the Picasso restaurant at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art for more than two decades.

Art

Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction

'Love is in the Bin': Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction

Art

This 19th century portrait of Chopin was found at a flea market

Thrifted at a Polish flea market in the early 1990s, a peeling portrait of the virtuoso pianist has finally been restored and dated back to the 19th century.

Netherlands

Man jailed for stealing Van Gogh and Hals paintings from Dutch museums

The court described him as an 'incorrigible and calculating criminal.'

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Exhibition for dogs displays artwork at their eye-level

At this exhibition in Hong Kong, dogs are able to get up close and personal with art

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Akmo, the artist who found her voice in Dubai

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Meet Akmo, a talented artist and entrepreneur originally from Kyrgyzstan. At the age of 18, she moved to Dubai and five years later she has a successful singing career and has established a thriving business.

Greece

Greek police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012

Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens.

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Green News

This whiter than white paint could be very good news for the planet

It reflects 98% of sunlight and radiates infrared heat through the atmosphere into space.

Netherlands

Dutch police make arrest over theft of €6m Van Gogh painting

Van Gogh's “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” was snatched from the Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam in the early hours of March 30, 2020.

Italy

Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during pandemic

Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during the pandemic

France

Plane painted green in protest over France's climate crisis response

Several of the protesters stood on the plane's wings, carrying banners reading: "Is there a pilot to save the climate?"

United Kingdom

Winston Churchill landscape owned by Angelina Jolie sells for €9.5m

The Moroccan landscape painted by Britain’s wartime leader was sold by Angelina Jolie at an auction for more than €9.5 million.